About the Campaign

The social impact and community engagement campaign for Growing Up Coy seeks to create a safe and inclusive environment for transgender children and their families through targeted screening and advocacy campaigns in select states in partnership with local advocacy organizations.

Goals

• Increase general understanding of the transgender experience of children, particularly among parents and school officials.

• Create inclusive environments and policies for children in schools, through relationships and activities with PTAs, school boards and community centers.

• Prevent or repeal bathroom bills in targeted states by partnering with organizations that have parallel legislative goals.

Transgender Experience Among Children

Although our society teaches us that there are only two genders—male and female—there are really many genders. Children are not born knowing what it means to be a boy or girl, and not all children fit neatly into a male or female gender identity. For some children, the sense of being “both” or “neither” best describes their reality. A child’s gender is not what others tell them, but who they know themselves to be. [Source: Gender Spectrum]

About “Bathroom Bills”

“Bathroom Bill” legislation is primarily meant to prevent transgender people from accessing facilities consistent with their gender identity, prioritizing the comfort level of cisgender students. In schools, bathroom bills have been shown to be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of transgender students, as they create exclusive environments that often lead to situations of bullying and harassment. As a result, many report avoiding the bathroom altogether leading to physical symptoms such as dehydration, kidney infections, and urinary tract infections. [Source: National Conference of State Legislators]

ALABAMA

Florence - March 30, 2018
Partners: Shoals Diversity Center, PFLAG Shoals, Equality Alabama 

Birmingham - April 16, 2018
Partners : PFLAG Birmingham, Central Alabama Pride, Magic City Acceptance Center.

MASSACHUSETTS

Barnstable & Falmouth - October 11, 2018
Partners: Thrive LGBTQ Youth Center, PFLAG Cape Cod

SOUTH CAROLINA

Greenville - May 13, 2018
Partners:  PFLAG Greenville, Gender Benders

NORTH CAROLINA

Durham - October 13, 2018
Partners: ACLU of North Carolina, Bull City Schools United, Transforming Families NC, Duke University Blue Devils United

Boone - October 15, 2018
Partners: Equality North Carolina, Appalachia State University 

TEXAS

Stafford - February 21, 2018
McAllen & El Paso - February 22, 2018
Amarillo - February 25, 2018
Partners: Equality Texas, ACLU of Texas

WASHINGTON DC

October 25, 2017
Partner: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists

WASHINGTON STATE

Richland - November 7, 2018
Wenatchee - November 20, 2018
Partners: PFLAG Washington State Council, PFLAG Benton/Franklin, WSU Gender Identity/Expression & Sexual Orientation Resource Center, WVC Queer Straight Alliance.

ORGANIZATIONS

11B Productions
Arcus Foundation
The Center of Wichita
Cine Qua Non
Circadian Pictures
Colin Higgins Foundation
Jubilee Films
Sundance Institute
Swing Issues Media

INDIVIDUALS

@rapaport_report
Andrew Ahn
Erica Ales
Sabrina Alexander
Meredith Alloway
AMPeters
Phillip Anderson
Jennifer Arend
Lisa Oliver Author
Lauren B.
Tamara Badgley-Horowitz
Christene Barberich
Morgan Beisner
Diana Bell
Jennifer Belt
Ashley E. Beranek
Harriet Bohanan
Leslie Bohon-Bothwell
Bo Boland
Jed Bonner & Emily Jones
Will Boros
Vanessa & Gabe Brakin
Carey Brandenburg
Kasper & Nyssa Breisnes
Erin Bromaghim
Megan Buhr
John Paul Bullock III
Anna Buonanno
Kristen Burgess
Michael Burke
Nando de Carvalho
Cindy Cason
Amanda Chen
Zhuojie Chen
Wendy Cohen
James Cressey
Daniel D'Amico
Alex Daly
Rachel Dearborn
Christina DeHaven-Call
Kara DelTufo
Matthew Dinda
Marlene Dodes-Callahan
Rachel Dodes-Wortman
Joanna & Wendy Doran-Paley
Rachel Dore-Weeks
Eric Eisenbrey
John Elder
Andreas Fecher
Mark Fichandler
Katharine Fife
Arana Fireheart
Debbie Fleming
David Friedman
Lauren Fritz
Hannah G.
Reilly Gabel

Vincent Gagliostro
Julie Gaynin
Michael Gibbons
Becky Goldberg
David Goldberg
Lindsay Goldwert
Annie Georgia Greenberg
Jessica Grindstaff
Lindsay Guetschow
Dominik Hälg
Chloe Hall
Kimberly Harrenstein
Anne Harris
Jonathan D. Harris
Yasmin Hed
Lucia Hernandez & Family
Un Kyong Ho
The Horowitz Family
Kate, Janie, & Louis Huisentruit
Barbara Jacobs
Jill Jacobs
Sairah Javier
Morgan Jenkins
Tyler Jensen
Martin John
Jenny Johnson
Maia Joseph
JP
Kate
Michelle M. Kim
Brent Kinetz
KKW
Lauren Kushner
Laura Lane
Kim Larson
Lauren & Justin
Jamie Law
Gina Hole Lazarowich
Mx. Tiffany Leigh
Bonnie Lestz
David Levithan
Michael Liebeskind
Rosanne Limoncelli
Daniel Lin
Christina Lindstrom
Marion Lipschutz
Megan List
Alex Lowry
Naomi Madsen
The Mallari Family
Nick Maloney
Melissa Maris
Karen McGee
Cori McKenna
Sarah McKinney
John McMahon & Alice Measom
Hilla Medalia
Stevin Azo Michels
Jelayne Miles
Sheri Miller
Sarah Moshman
Marie Mulhearn
Heidi Alexis Nel
Conrad Oakey
N. Onymous
Susan Otto
Manny Palad
Robert Palumbo

Delilah Panio
Bart Poche
João Queiroga
Michael Raisler
Peggy Rajski
Adam Rathe
Marcus Vinicius Ribeiro
Erin Ries
Savannah Rodgers
Jon Rosenberg
Betsy Hart Rosoff
Anya Rous
Ryan Rowell
Liz Ruben
Naftali Beane Rutter
Barbara Ryersen
Frank Samperi
Emilio Sanchez
Sara & Lauren
Samantha Schlaifer
Julie Schuck
Paul J. Schwartz
Lauren Scott
Jess Search
Elyse Neiman Seiter
Bruce A. Sesnovich
Bryant W. Shea
Will McConnel Simpson
Meghan Sims
Peter Skinner
Umberto Smerilli
Ethan Wayne Smith
Sophie
Sophie & Elizabeth
Chelsea Souter
Bill Spaide
Callie Spaide
Jason Spitalnick
Emily Stein
Todd Stephens
Harriet Stewart
Rhiannon Stinnette
Alden Stoner
Eve Straussman-Pflanzer
Randy Stulberg
Bonnie Stylides
Myrna Suarez
Irene Sunwoo
Martin Chris Svedsen
Jesse Sweet
Yen Tan
Tanna Thompson
Theresa Thorn
Heather Tilert
Trish - Aurora, CO
Sunny Turner
Autumn G. Van Kirk
Christine Walker
Paul Wallace
Wee Heavy Walter-Stern
Nicholas & Jessica Watson
Nicole M. Weatherly
Jennifer Weigel
Tom Kovach & Will Weir
Kristin Wynn
Sheldon Yeager